Nigeria, Dec. 9 -- A report funded by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has emerged winner of the 2025 Ibanga Isine Impact Reporter Award.

The announcement was made on Friday, 5 December, 2025, during the dinner and Award Night of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, held in Uyo.

The winning entry, titled "In Akwa Ibom, pregnant women, babies die due to poorly-equipped PHCs while the govt wastes billions," was published by PREMIUM TIMES in September 2025.

Authored by Ekemini Simon, the investigation exposed how poorly staffed, ill-equipped and sometimes non-functional primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in Akwa Ibom State had forced many women to deliver at home or resort to unskilled...